Scissors.



No. 779,957. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905. A. M MINTER.

SGISSOBS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1904.

ifgessas I Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALLIE M. MINTER, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

SCISSORS.

EPECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 779,957, datedJanuary 10, 1905. Application filed January 22, 1904:- Serial No.190,213.

T (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLIE M. MINTER, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Scissors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to scissors employed for severing variousmaterials, more particularly for the use of seamstresses and others inmanufacturing and repairing garments, and has for its object to producea compact and convenient implement of this character which may beoperated by the thumb and finger of one hand and easily controlledthereby.

With this and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, andspecified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the inventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvarious changes may be made in the form, size,

and proportions and in the general assemblage of parts without departingfrom the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages. The right is therefore reserved of making such changes andmodifications therein as may fall within the scope of the invention andthe claim made therefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thedevice applied. Fig. 2 is a side View, and Fig. 3 is an end view of thedevice detached.

The improved device comprises a pair of shear-blades 10 11, united by apivot 12 near one end, and with a stop 13, integral with one of theblades, projecting over the other blade to limit the movement in onedirection or to prevent the points let l overlapping when the blades areclosed.

Carried by one of the blades, 10, which will be the lower one in use, isa finger-loop 16, which is disposed approximately in parallelism withits blade, and carried by the other blade, 11, which will be the upperone in use, is a similar finger-loop 17 which is disposed obliquely toits blade. These loops may be either formed integral with the blades orbe brazed or otherwise secured thereto; but under all circumstances theywill be rigid and non-yielding with relation to the blades. The loopswill be disposed opposite each other and between the pivots and pointsof the blades, and when in operation the middle finger will engage thelower loop 16, and the thumb of the same hand will engage the upper loop17, with the forefinger beneath the lower blade and bearing against theforward side of the finger-engaging loop 16. The lower loop 16 willpreferably be slightly inclined, as shown in Fig. 3. By this simplemeans the shearing-blades may be perfectly controlled and operated withease and precision, each blade being positively operated both in openingand closing and without the use of springs or other extraneousattachments for assisting in the operation.

The device will be found of special advantage in ripping seams, inrepairing and remodeling garments, but may be employed for otherpurposes to which it is adapted.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A pair of shearshaving its blades provided each with a finger-loop rigid therewith andlocated intermediate of its ends, one of the loops being disposedparallel with its blade and the other loop obliquely to its blade, apivot disposed in rear of the loops, a-stop projecting at right anglesto the terminal of one of the blades, and an extension on the otherblade to engage the stop.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALLIE M. WINTER.

Witnesses:

ADA S. WootrToN, BACON WAKEMAN.

